2. At the beginning of Chapter 13, Lame Deer mentions that one of his tribe's troubles is that they can't do what?
(a) Lie.
(b) Cheat.
(c) Steal.
(d) Curse.

3. If a boy wasn't satisfied with just rubbing noses with a girl, he would ask an elk medicine man to make him what?
(a) An ax.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A horse bridle.
(d) A flute.

4. What does Lame Deer say the white man forgot to give Indians when they brought them whiskey?
(a) Green frog skin.
(b) The instruction book.
(c) A woman to cry about.
(d) A flask.

5. Korczak Ziolkowski told Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes that his Crazy Horse monument would dwarf what?
(a) The white man.
(b) The pyramids of Egypt.
(c) Mount Rushmore.
(d) The tallest buildings in New York.

6. Lame Deer talks about an old white man that invited him and his friend into his cellar to drink and play cards. Lame Deer said that this bootlegger was so drunk he couldn't do what?
(a) Stand up to go to the bathroom.
(b) Breath any fresh air.
(c) Find his nose with both hands.
(d) Walk a zig-zagged line.

7. In Chapter 12, Lame Deer talks about one thing that made him sad, that the town of Winner was surrounded on all sides by what?
(a) Gates and locks.
(b) White cattle ranchers.
(c) Fences.
(d) Boundry lines.

8. In the tale about the Stone Boy, what does the young girl swallow?
(a) A boy.
(b) A horse.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A stone.

9. During the yuwipi ceremony a man would lie face down and have his fingers laced together with what?
(a) Human hair.
(b) Horse hair.
(c) Twine.
(d) Rawhide.

10. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Lame Deer tells a big secret that he just wants to whisper and doesn't dare say aloud. What is this secret?
(a) That the Sioux are extremely bashful.
(b) That he once believed himself to be a great Sioux warrior.
(c) That the Sioux tribe doesn't exist anymore.
(d) That he has seen a thunderbird up close.

11. What was the name of the old medicine man that brought Lame Deer to the vision pit on the hilltop?
(a) Chest.
(b) Healy.
(c) Fall.
(d) Red Rock.

12. What was the oldest and most solemn ceremony of the Sioux tribe?
(a) The steam bath.
(b) The inipi ceremony.
(c) The yuwipi ceremony.
(d) The sun dance.

13. What does the steam represent that is coming out of the pot mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) New life.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Living breath.

14. What was the name of Lame Deer's (the great-grandfather) second chief that was shot by soldiers?
(a) Screaming Eagle.
(b) Rod Iron.
(c) Morning Sun.
(d) Iron Star.

15. What was on the blanket that Lame Deer's grandmother had made especially for the vision pit?
(a) A star.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A thunderbird.
(d) A circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lame Deer talks about the four square miles along the Rapid River that his great-grandfather and his tribe had taken away from them, he talks about the government missing out on a life-sized dinosaur made out of green what?

2. What does the word heyoka mean?

3. When the holy man in the story of the ghost dance saw the beautiful land he saw a land that was dotted with what?

4. What does the word inyan mean?

5. What does the word hanhepiwi mean?

(see the answer keys)

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